Satchel or traveling-bag



(No Model.)

0. OSWALD.

SATOHEL 0R TRAVELING BAG.

Patented June 28, 1887.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES OSWALD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IISATCHEL OR TRAVELING-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed February 23, 1887. Serial No. 228,488.

To all whom it may concern.-,

Be it known that I, CHARLES OSWALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at N ewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Satchels or Traveling-Bags;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the objection is entirely removed and the bag at the same time rendered more sightly and symmetrical.

The improvement will be hereinafter shown and described, and finally pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 represents a plan View, the mouth being open, of a satchel embodying my improvement; Fig. 2, an end view; and Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal section through line X of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents the form of a blank from which the end pieces or gussets are blocked or folded into the required shape.

In said drawings, A represents the sides of the bag, B the end pieces or gussets, and D E the frame. Said sides and frame are constructed in the usual manner, the improvement being more especially connected with the formation of the end pieces or gussets.

As heretofore constructed a considerable portion of the stock of the endpieces or gussets where they connect with the frame pro- I Patent No. 365,622, dated June 28, 1887.

(No model.)

jects inside of the bag. as indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3. thereby taking up from three to six inches of valuable space, according to sizesof bags, at the mouth thereof,

contracting the same, and forming a serious obstruction when filling the bag. In order to remove this obstruction, I form in said end piecesor gussets one or more folds. as F, or what may be termed a double fold. andproject the same outward, as indicated in Fig. 3. This is done upon a block or form of corresponding shape, as will be readily understood. One or more of such folds may be formed, and in this way the fullness or surplus stock, which heretofore has projected inside the bag,is taken up and thrown outside, at the same time improving the appearance of the bag.

The gusset may be formedfrom one piece, cut in the usual shape, as shown in Fig. 4, or it may be from two or more pieces joined or sewed together, as will be obvious. sets are sewed or otherwise secured to the sides and bottom of the bag, and secured to the frame in the usual manner, and extend outwardly when the satchel is open, as shown. The fold or folds are arranged at the sides and around the bottom of the ends of the frame, which arrangement will be clearly understood by referring to Figs. 2 and 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is In a satchel, a gusset having therein one or more outwardly-projecting folds, as F, adja- CHARLES OSWALD.

Witnesses:

OLIvEe DRAKE, OSCAR A. MIcHEL.

The gus- 

